Photographer's Note

Also in this "tulip"py scenery, "the competition of tulips with the Judas Tree" !

Like every year (since last 7 years) , from 1st of April onwards untill end of the month İstanbul has gotten an amazing colorfull dress.
12 million tulips of 112 different shapes and colors are been planted on parks, streets etc etc.
It's like in the XVIth century, where the famous "tulipamania" was the main theme of İstanbul.
During those days, rare tulp bulbs was been dealed to tremendous prices.
And in 1962, this famous trip of tulips towards Holland was been symbolised in İstanbul.
Two trucks, carrying two coaches arrived in İstanbul and after a symbolic ceremony in the court of the famous Topkapı Palace, Dutch ambassadors had taken the tulip bulbs and brought to Holland after a long trip through Europe.
On WS you can see a b&w capture of those trucks I made than.

Tomorrow, I shall place a tulips picture, I am a very great fan of these lovely flowers.
Here get we a lovely combination between the blossom of the tree and the tulips in foreground.
Excellent depth and nice perspective.
Very well done, TFS.

Yoyr series of spring blossoms is a cheerful documentation, Mesut.
Vivid and wonderful color's arreyin this garden.
Amazing number you specifically noted, 112 diff. tulips in this park. Remarkable.
Nice taken photo, lovely.
Ike

Hello Mesut,
Thank you ever so much for this interesting post and the note that goes with it !
Great colourful composition starting with the red primroses, then the tulips and finally the beautiful Judas tree, spreading its branches towards Heaven (Or should it be Hell, because of its name :-) Only joking ! Actually, the French refer to it as "Arbre de Judée", which is the region, not the man.
I like your note about the history of tulips, and how they came to Holland.
I had seen this post, and that post, which taught me that tulips originate from Western Asia. They look as nice in the wild as in parks.
Kindest regards.
Marie-Louise.

hi mesut,
what amazing colours in the flowers. the tulips are fantastic, while the blossom on the tree spreads wonderfully well into the rest of the frame. the light illuminating the flowers adds to the appealing nature of the scene.
regards,
brian

Ciao Mesut,
beautiful all your floral series, I hope one day to visit your beautiful city full of history and culture but also of fabulous gardens like this, beautiful colors...have a lovely WE...
Valter

Hello Mesut,
you captured this landscaping of gorgeous flowers beautifully and flawlessly. Wonderful composition. Stunningly beautiful colors, sharpness, clarity, exposure, light POV and DOF as well. A very elegant and aesthetic photo you posted today. An excellent work. I love it. Awesome.
All the best and have a nice WE,
Barbara

Another typical Spring image shot with sharp and clear focisuing as usual. I like tulips very much.
Very tatsteful vivd color contarst you presented. Good 3D effect!
Thanks for your sharing with your best job and have a good Sunday, best regards,

Hi Mesut
yeah, its certainly Tulip time in your gallery :)
the violet purples are great in this shot, i think they make the overall scene 10x better!
usually we just see the tulips along the bottom.
great shot
cheers
craig

Your Gallery has so many different genres, and you seem to excel at them all. What a wonderful welcome for Spring. The colours and textures are amazing, there is so much depth to the image, so many layers of colour and texture. Thanks for sharing, have a beautiful day.

Hello Mesut.
This series about tulips is being wonderful, but this particular image, it gives me a special feeling, with tulips in the bottom of the image and those branches, which themselves already give a pretty graphic, but interspersed with these delicate purple flowers, create a unique image and love it. Well done.
Have a nice day.
Best regards.
Luis.